Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere
# Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere

Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere è il terzo cofanetto di album musicali in formato CD del gruppo americano Guided by Voices; venne pubblicato dalla Matador Records nel 2003. Il primo disco è una raccolta antologica di brani già pubblicati; il secondo è una raccolta di B side e brani pubblicati su diverse compilation; il terzo è una selezione di brani e demo inediti; il quarto raccoglie 31 esibizioni dal vivo inedite registrate in sette anni di concerti; il quinto è la ristampa del disco di esordio del gruppo, l'EP Forever Since Breakfast. Oltre ai 5 CD, è incluso anche un DVD con il documentario del 1995 sul gruppo, Watch Me Jumpstart, diretto da Banks Tarver; nel DVD sono poi presenti video musicali, esibizioni dal vivo e un altro breve documentario di Tarver in cui Pollard e suo fratello Jim riordinano scatole di cimeli dei Guided By Voices.

## Tracce

### Disco 1

Human Amusements at Hourly Rates

Il primo disco è la raccolta The Best of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates pubblicata contemporaneamente anche come album indipendente. Le due versioni differiscono in quanto la prima include le versioni originali dei brani "Game Of Pricks" e "Motor Away" già pubblicati negli album invece delle versioni ri-registrate che sono comunque entrambe presenti nel secondo disco del cofanetto.

* "Captain's Dead" – 2:01
* "Drinker's Peace" – 1:50
* "Exit Flagger" – 2:18
* "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" – 1:31
* "Shocker in Gloomtown" – 1:25
* "Non-Absorbing" – 1:35
* "Tractor Rape Chain" – 3:04
* "Hot Freaks" – 1:43
* "Echos Myron" – 2:38
* "I Am a Scientist" [7" Version] – 2:29
* "A Salty Salute" – 1:29
* "Watch Me Jumpstart" – 2:25
* "Game of Pricks" – 1:34
* "Motor Away" – 2:06
* "Hit" – 0:23
* "My Valuable Hunting Knife" – 2:01
* "Cut"-Out Witch – 3:05
* "The Official Ironmen Rally Song" – 2:49
* "To Remake the Young Flyer" – 1:43
* "I Am A Tree" – 4:40
* "Bulldog Skin" – 3:00
* "Learning To Hunt" – 2:24
* "Teenage FBI" [Original Version] – 1:38
* "Things I Will Keep" – 2:25
* "Surgical Focus" – 3:46
* "Chasing Heather Crazy" – 2:53
* "Twilight Campfighter" – 3:08
* "Glad Girls" – 3:49
* "Back to the Lake" – 2:34
* "Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:37
* "My Kind of Soldier" – 2:36
* "The Best of Jill Hives" – 2:38

### Disco 2

Demons and Painkillers: Matador Out-of-Print Singles, B-Sides & Compilation Tracks.

* "Motor Away" [7" Version] – 2:16
* "Color of My Blade" – 2:24
* "My Valuable Hunting Knife" [7" Version] – 2:26
* "Game of Pricks" [7" Version] – 2:16
* "Mice Feel Nice" (in My Room) – 2:18
* "Not Good for the Mechanism" – 2:00
* "Kiss Only the Important Ones" – 1:27
* "Dodging Invisible Rays" – 2:37
* "Deaf Ears" – 1:58
* "Why Did You Land?" – 2:15
* "June Salutes You!" – 1:53
* "Delayed Reaction Brats" – 1:07
* "He's the Uncle" – 1:39
* "Key Losers" – 2:14
* "Postal Blowfish" [New Version] – 2:14
* "Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy" [Live] – 1:56
* "Some Drilling Implied" [Live] – 1:26
* "Systems Crash" – 1:19
* "Catfood on the Earwig" – 2:27
* "The Who vs. Porky Pig" – 2:00
* "A Life in Finer Clothing" – 1:29
* "The Worryin' Song" – 1:02
* "Subtle Gear Shifting" – 3:44
* "Finks" – 2:28
* "The Finest Joke Is Upon Us" – 3:10
* "The Singing Razorblade" – 2:13
* "Now to War" [Electric Version] – 2:28
* "Mannequin's Complaint (Wax Dummy Meltdown)" – 3:21
* "Do They Teach You the Chase?" – 1:12
* "(I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries" – 3:18
* "The Ascended Master's Grogshop" – 0:53
* "My Thoughts Are a Gas" – 3:05
* "Running Off with the Fun City Girls" – 2:01
* "None of Them Any Good" – 2:59
* "Choking Tara" [Creamy Version] – 2:15

### Disco 3

Delicious Pie & Thank You for Calling: Previously Unreleased Songs and Recordings.

* "I" – 1:09
* "Back to Saturn X" – 4:52
* "H-O-M-E" – 2:41
* "You're the Special" – 1:32
* "Perhaps We Were Swinging" – 1:52
* "Mother & Son" – 2:33
* "7 Strokes to Heaven's Edge" – 1:54
* "Fire 'Em Up, Abner" – 3:32
* "Harboring Exiles" – 1:52
* "Still Worth Nothing" – 2:36
* "Never" – 2:53
* "Slave Your Beetle Brain" – 1:59
* "It Is Divine" [Different Version] – 3:47
* "They" – 1:41
* "I Invented the Moonwalk (and the Pencil Sharpener)" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:08
* "Fly into Ashes" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:24
* "The Various Vaults of Convenience" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:16
* "Trashed Aircraft" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:15
* "Running Off with the Fun City Girls" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 2:14
* "Bulldog Skin" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 2:24
* "Portable Men's Society" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 4:04
* "Choking Tara" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 2:24
* "Man Called Aerodynamics" [Concert For Todd Version] – 2:10

### Disco 4

Live at the Wheelchair Races: Unreleased Live Recordings 1995–2002.

* Intro by Randy Campbell – 0:32
* "Little Lines" – 1:55
* "A Salty Salute" – 1:45
* "I Am Produced" – 2:11
* "Why Did You Land?" – 2:10
* "Zap" – 1:10
* "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" – 1:31
* "Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:34
* "Quicksilver" – 1:06
* "James Riot" – 2:51
* "Pretty Bombs" – 3:26
* "Far-Out Crops" – 2:37
* "My Impression Now" – 2:08
* "Look at Them" – 2:21
* "Melted Pat" – 1:30
* "How Loft I Am?" – 1:06
* "King and Caroline/Motor Away" – 4:27
* "Trap Soul Door" – 1:14
* "Cheyenne" – 2:51
* "Make Use" – 3:07
* "Burning Flag Birthday Suit" – 2:28
* "Weed King" – 2:37
* "Town of Mirrors" – 2:45
* "Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox" – 5:08
* "Dragons Awake!" – 2:05
* "Shrine to the Dynamic Years (Athens Time Change Riots)" – 1:48
* "Game of Pricks" – 2:04
* "Tractor Rape Chain" – 2:43
* "Key Losers" – 2:00
* "Now to War" – 2:15
* "Johnny Appleseed" – 3:02
* "Drinker's Peace" – 1:42

### Disco 5

Forever Since Breakfast: The 1986 Debut EP.

Ristampa dell'EP Forever Since Breakfast, album di esordio del gruppo.

* "Land of Danger" – 3:09
* "Let's Ride" – 3:26
* "Like I Do" – 2:42
* "Sometimes I Cry" – 3:03
* "She Wants to Know" – 3:15
* "Fountain of Youth" – 3:59
* "The Other Place" – 3:34
